Kapp Research Award for Dr. Maximilian Mai Pieper
Erik Spahn-Wolf
Dr. Maximilian Mai Pieper has been awarded the Kapp Research Award for Ecological Economics by the Association for Ecological Economics (VÖÖ) for his doctoral dissertation: “Technology Fetishism. On the Construction of Functionality in the Anthropocene“
The award recognizes academic work that advances ecological economics research on the social-ecological transformation beyond the growth paradigm. This year’s thematic focus was on global dimensions of ecological economics.
The photo shows Dr. Maximilian Mai Pieper alongside Julian Willming, Board Member of the VÖÖ (left), and Manuel Schneider, Managing Director of the Selbach Foundation (right). Prof. André Reichel, who delivered the laudatory speech, joined the ceremony remotely via Zoom.
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